Especially considering he finally added 2 more dimensions to his game. He's not playing with foul problems and he is finally hitting clutch shots. His defense has been just as good as anyone in the league, and deserves all 3rd team (Or something like that) considerations, if he keeps it up. We all destroyed Kurt (Well, not so much me, but he heard my criticism) before the season started, and we knocked him around for saying he was gonna make sure he gets the starting spot over Sweetney, but he backed it up his talk, unlike Fugazy. Kudos to KT, and I hope like all hell that he keeps it up.

I think with Houston coming back soon, he only becomes a little more dangerous, b/c teams are gonna take an eye off of his J and concentrate on Houston more, giving KT AND Houston and the rest of his teammates the advantage.

this is the KT I thought would never show up for the last 3 years. Maybe he's just one of these guys that plays better when his job is threatened. He's enjoying himself out there and it shows. He's been great, I love him on the floor.

His 11/11 really impacts the game, but most of all he gets us stops. with all our good wing players that creat off the dribble the guy thats always left open if KT and his range seems to get better and better each year.

I think Kurt was playing hurt last year - pinkie - and that effected his shot.

Also, the Knicks had Anderson at shooting guard for a lot of the year, and that indirectly hurts Kurt. If you have guards - Marb, Craw - who can spread the floor and which the defender cannot double off of, it opens things for the pick and roll and everything else Kurt does.

It also helps now that you have 2 players who can break down their man and go to the hole and dish.

Posted by fishmike:

dont knock Shandon... he's getting 20 minutes a game w/ Mia and producting bigtime. I think we are paying him about $7mm a year to average 2 points and 2 boards for the Heat.

it's the Shaq and Wade effect. Really.

What I don't understand is why anybody is surprised?

He's been consistent on this team for the past couple of years.
What you could have complained about was his stupid fouls, and
yes there he's improved big time. But he was hitting his shots
till he BROKE a FINGER on his SHOOTING HAND last year, and even
stayed tough after that.

I do admit he's picking up a couple more rebounds than he had
been, but now he's not playing center giving up inches. Scoring tho, last three years: 14, 14, 11 ppg.

But again, THANK YOU, Kurt for stopping the stupid fouls,
both personal and technical!

I don't have a short memory. I always knew that KT worked his ars off all the time, and he was a really good player for any team to have. Thing is, he always got into so much foul trouble, that he was often invisible, and his aggresiveness was crossed off. But now, he has learned to control his foul woes, and you can see that his defense is better than ever.

In terms of his actual game, the only thing I am actually the slighest bit surprised about is his recent clutch scoring. He is hitting those Js in heated moments, and that's big.

Other than that, I am not surprised at all, b/c anyone could tell you that KT put up bigtime production, when he could stay on the court. Not even just shooting and rebounding. His defense and hustle has been very very strong, and he's playing like a true team player, on offense. He's helping us a lot.